Profiles of Valor: U.S. Navy Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Operation Redwing began as a hunt to find a notorious Taliban leader. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and three team members were conducting their operation in a mountainous region of Afghanistan when they were ambushed by scores of Taliban fighters. Luttrell and his team fought hard even though they were clearly outnumbered. A Chinook helicopter sent in as backup was hit by an RPG, killing all 16 of the flight crew. By the end of the night, 19 Americans and 35 Taliban were dead, and Luttrell was the only survivor of SEAL Team 10.

Luttrell could not make contact with the rescue helicopter and, suffering from three cracked vertebrae, a bullet and shrapnel in his legs, Luttrell eventually traveled seven miles before finding help from friendly Afghan villagers who protected him from jihadi assassins sent to finish him. One of the villagers contacted Luttrell's post, and the rescue operation that followed was, according to one rescue official, "one of the largest combat search-and-rescue operations since Vietnam." Through the work and bravery of many U.S. forces, Luttrell was pulled out of harm's way.

Operation Redwing ultimately yielded the largest casualty count in Navy SEAL history. However, "In the middle of everything evil, in an evil place, you can find goodness. ... I'd even call it godliness," Luttrell has said of the villagers who harbored him. Luttrell was later awarded the Navy Cross for his part in the operation.

To read more about the events surrounding Operation Redwing and the brave actions of the military forces involved, purchase "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10."

(This account was originally published in the July 13, 2007 Digest.)

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Ruth Ann Wilson

Dear Navy Seal Luttrell,

This is just a common, God-fearing American who just wants you to know that what you did as your Duty to God and Country is recorded in Heaven.

I am reminded of the "OLD HYMN" "Stand Up for Jesus", "Where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there."

You, Sir, have been found "faithful to your duty"

May God Bless you and the injuries that you sustained, may you recover because those wounds were received for God & Country.

Well Done, Sir.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Posted February 28, 2010 at 9:09:31 AM

MSTP

We honor Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. You have earned it because you fought for it! Thank you to you and to all those who paid the highest price for Liberty & Freedom!

Sincerely,

The Midsouth Tea Party/Memphis, TN

Posted February 28, 2010 at 12:22:32 PM

Rick

Sir:

This old scrufty vet thanks you most warmly for your service.

Posted February 28, 2010 at 7:10:38 PM

Anton D Rehling

I will honor the sacrifice you and your fellow patriots made by not allowing the enemies of our liberty here at home to subvert the freedom you have fought and bled for abroad.

I will do no less here than you have done in the war against our enemies abroad to assure you and all those who face armed combat daily to preserve our liberty and assure our safety to have the free republic we all love to come home to.

Posted March 1, 2010 at 10:39:33 AM

Tom

God Bless You, Sir. Thank You.

Posted March 3, 2010 at 3:47:25 AM

John Floyd

L/Cpl USMC 1969/1971 Semper Fi and God Bless

Posted March 4, 2010 at 1:10:24 PM

Ron Dion

Construction Electrician Chief, USNR(ret.)A sincere Thank-you for your service. I had the honor of serving in direct support to the SEALs while on a training evolution. It stands as the most memorable event of my military career. May God bless and keep you in his heart dear Marcus.

Posted April 9, 2010 at 9:06:58 PM

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